Minister Hajdari hosts in a meeting the Italian Ambassador, Antonello De Riu and representatives from the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development.
Prishtinë,
15/07/2024
This meeting was an excellent opportunity to discuss the Italian support in the development of sustainable tourism, through a new project "Sustainable Development and Protection of Natural and Cultural Capital in the Dinaric Alps".
Minister Hajdari announced the objectives of the Tourism Strategy 2030 and the Action Plan 2024-2026, which was approved at the last meeting of the Government, on July 10, 2024.
She emphasized the vision of this strategy until 2030, for Kosovo to become a sustainable tourist destination and competitor in the Western Balkans.
The new initiative through the project "Sustainable Development and Protection of Natural and Cultural Capital in the Dinaric Alps" aims for the development of sustainable tourism and the protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the cross-border area of the Dinaric Alps located between Macedonia and Kosovo, in the Sharr Mountains National Park.
This regional project with a budget of 3 million euros, funded by the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation, will contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives set out in the National Development Strategy and Plan and Tourism Strategy 2030 recently approved by the Government.
The Minister thanked Ambassador De Riu for his continuous support towards Kosovo and in particular towards the development of tourism, highly appreciating the close cooperation between the two countries.